Improvement in clothes-frames



y Q H. T. HELD & D. HARRINGTON.

Improvementn Clothes-Frames.

N0. 132,717, Patnted Nov. 5, 1872.

lUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-FRAMES.

l Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,717, datedNovember 5, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HORACE T. FIELD and DAvrD HARRINGTON, of Worcester,in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented anImproved Clothes-Driel", of which the following is a specification:

Our invention relates to that class of clothesdriers which are attachedto the side of a support in such a manner that the weight of the clothescomes on the arms, or one side mainly ofthe sliding head which holds thearms; the object of the invention being to enable the head to be raisedand lowered easily and smoothly. Its nature is shown in thespecification of its construction, which is as follows:

Figure l of the drawingshows a side view of a clothes-drier embodyingour invention, with some portions removed to show other parts beyondthem; Fig. 2 showing a horizontal section taken through the line ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of the sliding head B with its rollers.

A is a bracket or standard firmly secured in a suitable place, as averandah-post, side of a house or room, and so made as to form a slidefor the head B to move up and down upon, and so arranged as to have asurface for the rollers on B by being placed far enough from its supportfor the rollers to rest on its back, or by being made in a T-form or ina close or box form, as shown in section in Fig. 2, with iianges insidefor the rolls a. a. B is the head, which slides on slide A and holds thearms C. .This head is secured to slide A by the stud or arm b, which hasthe two rollers a. a, to run on the other or back side of the ofoperating the head or holding it in any position desired on the slide.

rlhis plan of construction has the well-known advantages of beinglowered to remove the clothes or to put them on 5 and without therollers it has been found almost impossible to 'lower the head with thearms loaded without a chattering, hitching motion th at would shake offthe clothes, while by our invention it is made compact, simple, and soas to be easily and smoothly lowered or raised however full it may beloaded.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim therein as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the rollers a, a and lower roller D with the movablehead B and the slide A, when constructed and operating substantially inthe manner and for the purposes above set forth and described.

Witness our hands this 16th day of July, A. l). 1872.

HORACE TL FIELD. DAVlD HARRINGTON. Witnesses:

DANL. BROWN, P. RAND.

